Answering the Call to Lead 5.15.18 Chris Minnich I came into education through a temp job. True story. After college, my parents naturally wanted me to get busy with... More
We Must See Beyond NAEP 4.10.18 Chris Minnich Today, the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, scores were released. What some call “the nation’s... More
Meet Generation Alpha: 3 Things Educators Should Know 11.16.17 Derrick Vargason They are in your schools now. And there are more coming—lots more. Are you ready for them? This year, more than... More
NWEA Research Gets Local and National Attention 6.13.17 Beth Tarasawa A recent study, published in the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk, found... More
8 NWEA Partners Selected as EdWeek’s “Leaders to Learn From” 3.30.17 Jean Fleming Today, our Media Spotlight shines on eight NWEA partners featured in EdWeek’s annual “Leaders to Learn from”... More
Portrait in Partnership: Using MAP and MPG Assessment Data to Close Gaps 9.10.15 Jean Fleming Worthington City Schools is one of the top-performing districts in the Columbus, Ohio area. Though a quarter of its... More
Shifting Assessments and the Need for Educator Communication 7.28.15 Joi Converse Our own Raymond Yeagley penned an article in June’s School Administrator Magazine titled Shifting Assessments, in... More
Communicating Student Achievement Results from New State Assessments 4.28.15 Joi Converse In most states, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) – or other, more rigorous standards – are in full swing. As... More
Four Reasons Why I Talk to Myself 4.28.15 Virginia "Jenny" Williams When I was a child, not unlike other children, I had an imaginary friend and I often carried on long complex... More
Phantom Test Results and the Need for Assessment and Data Literacy 11.11.14 Rebecca Moore Our own John Cronin and Nate Jensen recently penned an article that appeared in Phi Delta Kappan titled The Phantom... More
“Close Reading” or “Reading Closely”? 3.25.14 John Wood In several blog posts, I have expressed misgivings about “close reading” as an aspect of the implementation of the... More
CCSS Reading Instruction: Eat Your Vegetables??? 3.11.14 John Wood In his book ‘I Got Schooled’ filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan draws an analogy between education reform and ideas in... More
